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“Most of us human beings tend to be parochial in our perceptions. What happens is that we have a very limited and narrow view of our self interest and do not adequately weight the price that has to be paid on the other side for any of these measures we are promoting.”

Humans Self Happens Sides Interest Human Beings Views Perception Weight Paid Promoting Self Interest

Author:Alan Borovoy

“Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.”

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Author:William Sloane Coffin

“What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.”

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Author:Evan Bayh

“My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.”

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Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

“People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of something 'larger.' Such a sense of belonging calls on a different part of a self than the market calls on. The market calls on our sense of self-interest. It focuses us on what we 'get.'”

People Feels Different Self Interest Church Groups Kitchen Neighborhood Belonging Volunteer Soup Self Interest Sense Of Self Recycling Soup Kitchens

Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild

“Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.”

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Author:Deborah Kass